ASTER is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ASTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASTER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASTER is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 15 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASTER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASTER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,841.
What stands out about ASTER
- The same 5 tiles also spell 12 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A garden or wild flowering plant with daisy-like blooms, typically in shades of purple, pink, or white, that flowers in late summer and autumn.
Gardeners value the aster for blooming late in the season, often after most other flowers have finished, which makes it a common choice for autumn borders. The genus takes its name from the Greek word for star, a reference to the shape of the flower head with its ring of narrow petals around a central disc. Many garden varieties sold today, including the popular China aster, actually belong to related genera but keep the common name aster from long tradition. Botanists also use aster in a more technical sense for a star-shaped structure that forms briefly inside a dividing cell.
How ASTER is used
Common in gardening writing and plant catalogues, and occasionally in biology when discussing cell division.
- Purple asters lined the path through the autumn garden.
- She planted a row of asters along the fence.
- The aster bloomed weeks after the other flowers had faded.
- Bees crowded around the open asters in the cool morning.
- Under the microscope, the biologist pointed out the aster forming in the cell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASTER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASTER
The 5 tiles of ASTER in a different order — 12 found.
Words starting with ASTER
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with ASTER.
Words ending in ASTER
Showing 24 of 127 words that end in ASTER. Useful as a back hook: play ASTER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ASTER inside
Showing 24 of 278 words that contain ASTER somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ASTER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ASTER
Showing 40 of 73. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ASTER
- Is ASTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASTER, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASTER worth?
- ASTER is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASTER mean?
- A garden or wild flowering plant with daisy-like blooms, typically in shades of purple, pink, or white, that flowers in late summer and autumn.
- What letters can be added to ASTER?
- ASTER takes 15 hooks: 12 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASTER:
Open ASTER in the Word Finder